PESHAWAR: Today is the first day of the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 17 districts (Sunday). The remainder of KP will go to the elections next month. The polls opened at 8 a.m. and will remain open until 5 p.m. Strict security measures have been putContinue Reading

SLAMABAD: Pakistan is hosting the 17th emergency session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers today (Sunday) to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The session was called at the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which serves as the OIC Summit Chair. PrimeContinue Reading

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan received a team from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member nations on Saturday ahead of the 17th Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, which is set to take place at Parliament House on Sunday. The session has been called at theContinue Reading

KARACHI: On Saturday, at least 16 people were murdered and more than a dozen more were injured in a bomb at Paracha Chowk in the city’s Shershah neighbourhood. PTI MNA Alamgir Khan’s father was among those killed in the incident, according to PTI-Karachi President MPA Khurram Sher Zaman, while worriesContinue Reading

QUETTA: A person was killed and ten people were injured in a blast on the city’s Shahrah-e-Iqbal on Saturday, according to authorities. According to Geo News, the injured include women and a toddler. The bomb damaged automobiles and motorbikes on Shahrah-e-Iqbal, according to the police. Meanwhile, Balochistan Chief Minister MirContinue Reading

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Meta, Facebook’s parent company, blacklisted a number of “cyber mercenary” companies and began warning around 50,000 people who were presumably targeted by the corporations suspected of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists throughout the world. Meta apparently pulled down 1,500 Facebook and Instagram profiles related toContinue Reading

(Reuters) – STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Verizon Communications announced a partnership with Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud on Thursday to combine its 5G network and the tech company’s processing capacity to provide services such as autonomous robots and smart factories. Telecom companies have been collaborating with technology companies to automate businesses andContinue Reading